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June 28, 1931 It's Your Move by William Henry Steckel, Morning Call

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ChessChess 28 Jun 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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IT'S YOUR MOVE" Tha Morning Call'i Chess and "Checker Column Problems. Game. rotations in End Games and news items win m wucumca W. H. STECKEL Editor Shortly alter reaching his native land of Hungary, following a stay of two years In the United States, Lajos Btelner, winner of the second prize at the Bradley Beach, N. J., tourney, participated in a national tournament at Budapest in which every ranking player In Hungary with the exception of Dr. Vajda took part. , By finishing first with a score of 11 points, Stein -er again demonstrated that he is to be classed with the first rank players of the present day. ; Second prize went to Sterk who scored 1H4 points, and M. Lilienthal was third with 9. Geza Maroczy, at one time Hungary's outstanding representative in the various International chess congresses, was forced to share fourth and fifth prizes with K. Havasi, both scoring 9 points. Steiner plans to enter the Trebitech Memorial Tournament at Vienna, which always attracts a "strong list of entrants. He also exuects to attend the congress of the International Chess Federation at Prague in July and looks forward to meeting the members of the United States team there.
The Marshall Chess Club elections resulted as follows; Alrick H. Man president; George Emlen Roosevelt,; Charles E. Kelley and G. A. Pfeifler, vice-presidents; Frank J. Marshall, honorary vice-president; Henry Leeds, treasurer: Mrs. Caroline Marshall, secretary and assistant treasurer Messrs. Roosevelt, Pfeifler and Leeds were recently re-elected as directors for terms of three years each. Colonel William C. Cornwell, Edward B. Edwards, Edward Cornell and John B. Kelley are the remaining members on the board of governors. Flashes , of brilliancy featured the following game played in the New York tournament. The notes by the winner are very instructive. Znkertort Opening O-KRch 16. Kt-K7 mate. 15 Kt-B PROBLEMS Solutions "to problems:' No. 87, by Georee Hume. Q-RS: No. 88, by W. Bron, B-B2. . - o. 89 , - - By Arthur Mosely Black 8 pieces .d-D 8ANTA8IERE WHITE 1.
Kt-KB3 i:P:4K 4. P-B4 ) 5. KtxP 6. Kt-Q2 7. Kt-Hj P-K3 KtxB BxKt KR-Kt .: B-Kt2 B-QB3 !-4 ftsl.les PxP Q-K4 P-OR3 21. BxRP (f) 22. Q-B2 23. B-K4 24. P-R3 25. PxP 26. Q-K2 7. B-Q2 ' 8. B-Q3 9. B-B4 0. BXn 1. B-B3 LASKER BLACK Kt-KB3 P-K3 P-B4 PxP B-Kt5ch Q-Kt3 Kt-K5 BxKtch b KtxKt Q-B3 P-QR4 (cl Q-B2 Ckstles ( d ) P-B3 Kt-R3 Kt-Kt5 P-Q4 (e P-K4 Q-Q3 Kt-R3 P-B4 PxP P-KKt3 B-G12 KR-B R-B4 (g R-K14 R-Kt6 OxRP QxB Kt-B4 B-R5 Q-R7ch White 8 pieces . ' White mates in two moves. No. 90 By W. A. Beers Black 2 pieces V ' Q- R-Q2 34. Reslsn (a) Probably B-Kt2 must be played first, for now Black can disorganize White's mobilization. , (b) A' bad mistake. I intended first KtxKt and then BxB. Changing the order of these moves gives White two bishops and Black remain weak on the black squares.
(c) The beginning of laborious maneuvers to regain control of some of the black squares, (d) Perhaps premature. (e) With this pawn sacrifice Black blocks both of .White's bishops and obtains counter chances on the queen's wing. (f Black does not wish for any. thing better than an open file for the rook, (e) The beginning of a long combi nation involving the sacrifice ot the exchange, which unfolds just as planned, in contrast to most combinations on the chessboard. (h) R-QB would be answered by B-Kt4.. (1) Not Q-B2 on account of Q-R7ch and Kt-Kt6ch. Here is another win by Dr. Alekhine during the world champion's simultaneous exhibition tour of Jugoslavia Vienna Openinf ALEKHINE WHITE 1. P-K4 2. Kt-QB3 3. B-B4 4. Q-K14 5. Kt-Q5 SI t?k3 . P-Q3 ft P. OULOV8KI P-K4 Kt-QB3 . B-B4 Q-B3 QxPoh K-B Q-Q5 B-Kt3 , Kt-q a-4 . o mate in four Kt-KtS Q-R4 White announced moves. The method of winning by a smothered mate is both unusual and pretty. 13. Kt-KBeh ' . . KtxKt ,. II S-K7ch K-Kt White 5 pieces White mates in three moves.

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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